On Tuesday 04 Jan 2005 05:37, Jonathan Berry wrote: > On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 21:03:11 -0800 (PST), Lin Tse Hsu <evfreek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > --- Markku Kolkka <markkukolkka@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Are you an antiques collector, or do you have any > > > other sensible > > > reason for wasting time and money on obsolete > > > graphics hardware? > > > > The computer is an old Dell without an AGP slot. I > > had always heard that Linux tends to run better than > > Windows on older hardware. Also, the very new > > hardware often has more bugs associated with it. > > > > Note that these cards are all listed on www.tldp.org > > as supported, and they all are recognized and > > configured. It is just that some don't work, and > > others are unstable to varying degrees. > > > > > Yes, get a video card that's currently manufactured. > > > The X > > > developers aren't likely to spend much effort on > > > developing > > > drivers for ancient cards. > > > > > > -- > > > > There also seem to be a lot of bug reports for newer > > cards, especially ATI or Nvidia (like the ATI Rage 128 > > problem). Does this mean that if I try one of the > > listed cards that are currently manufactured, as long > > as I steer clear of the ones in the FAQ. > > > > And, I think that you meant "maintaining" rather than > > "developing" drivers, since all the drivers for the > > cards I have tried have already been developed. They > > appear in the hardware compatibility lists, and they > > appear in the README's for xorg, but, they may be > > "less" supported due to age. This makes sense, but > > buying 5 different modern cards and having them all > > fail is an expensive proposition. Perhaps I will try > > just one. > > > > Are there any suggestions for a PCI video card which > > is "more" rather than "less" supported? All the ones > > at the store seem to be AGP cards. > > I'd suggest a GeForce4 MX 440 or MX 4000. I have a 440 and a 440 Go > (laptop) and they both work great with the nVidia binary drivers. You > can find both AGP and PCI versions for not too much. Check out > www.newegg.com Looks like you can get one there for about $50. You > can also search for cards with PCI interface to see all of what is > there. I have only had experience with nVidia, but it looks like the > ATI cards are about the same price. A GeForce2 MX400 and a Radeon > 7000 are a little less expensive, but not much. The MX 400 should be > fine, maybe someone who has had experience can tell you about the > Radeon 7000. > > Jonathan I can confirm that the MX4xx series work fine, in both AGP and PCI format. -- Tony Dietrich ------------- "This is lemma 1.1. We start a new chapter so the numbers all go back to one." -- Prof. Seager, C&O 351
